Hosting VPN Server on machine with Mac OS X Server.

I recently installed Mac OS X Server 10.6 on my machine. I would like to have this machine host a VPN network so I may have my iPhone and iPad connect to it. I need some help setting up my machine as the server. Any help would be appreciated.

Here you can find all the Snow Leopard Server manuals
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macosxserver

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Controller detected its ip address by machine with MAC Address

Hi
I am getting error "Controller detected its ip address x.x.x.x using my machine with MAC address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx"when i upgrade my Cisco Wireless Controller 5508 from 7.0.116.0 to 7.4.110.0. Any suggestion
Regards

Hi Mohammed,
If you have more then one controller ??
Could be:
1.Error suggest that it hase detected a duplicate address(its managemnet IP address fo WLC) is in used by a client with the mac address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
Please chekc the management interface IP on each controller.
2. Looks like u enabled LAG on controller ?
Means you have connected more then one port from your controller to different switches.
regards

Using virtual machines with Mac

Hi Folks,
Any suggestions on using a virtual machine with Mac. Parallels, VMware Fusion or Virtual Box ? Which one is good and share some thoughts here.
Thanks,

Hi direwolf8,
You wrote : Not without knowing what you're trying to achieve.
This is what I am trying : I am planning to use the virtual machine technique so that I can work from home with the animation softwares to create and convert movies and the most commonly used systems, use Windows OS. I will need to test whether they will run in the Windows environment using all media players before making DVDs. (As per policies that is what I am supposed to reveal).
You wrote : If you're running Linux or Windows, you can use native drivers for your video display and skip the virtualized abstraction layer. You can even add a high-performance video card just for the vm's.
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Hi dwd, Thank you for your response also.
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Time machine with mac AND pc???

Hi there, Im pretty sure of the answer, but I just want to see...
I recently purchased a new external harddrive. (WesternDigital) I also just purchased Leopard and upgraded to my iMac. I have a PC Dell Laptop as well...
My question is: Is there anyway that I can use Time Machine on my iMac with my external HD and also take it over to my PC and still do backups???
From what I think I understand is that once you format your harddrive to Time Machine its put into Mac OS X Journaled (or something like that) and that format will not be compatible with my PC laptop (obviously). I guess there is not a way to format the drive differently to work with Time Machine and still be able to use it with my Dell??
Thanks in advance for any help and information.

When you partition the drive you will lose the data currently on it (there are ways to reduce the size of the current partition using Disk Utility, but there are bugs and folks have found it's not too reliable). Still, to do this open Disk Utility and select the drive. Then go to "Partition" and select "2 partitions" from the drop-down menu. That will split the drive directly in two, and you can drag the size up and down to allocate more space to one and less to the other if you desire. Then apply and create the partitions. After this is done you should select the individual partition (also called a "Volume" that you want to format for use on your PC, and go to the "Erase" tab. In the drop-down menu select "FAT" as the format to use and erase that partition. That will create a PC-readable format for that volume, so you will be able to store items to it from your PC.
NOTE: You will be able to see both partitions on the Mac, but you will only be able to see one partition on the PC. The PC might ask if you'd like to format the first partition, but do not do this as it will destroy your Mac data.

I have a lion server set up to host storage for time machine backups. Is there a limit to how many different computers can back up to the single server to back up. I am only backing up the users folders . The backup drive is an external Drobo with 6 TB.

I have a lion server set up to host storage for time machine backups. Is there a limit to how many different computers can back up to the single server to back up. I am only backing up the users folders . The backup drive is an external Drobo with 6 TB. Right now it seems to back up my users all day long. I set their time machine interval to every 5 hours but it still runs all day long and is very slow. Server is on a new Mac Server mini.

AFAIK, there is no user limit.. it is simply a question of the network load. AFP is a fairly clean protocol.. but TM is not.. it does a lot of testing of the backup.. infact your setting of 5hour gap could well make it worse.
I would sort out the clients that are doing 100GB backups to a different backup location.. no matter how fast your network.. 100GB takes time to backup.. and over wireless forever.. it will never end.
I guess some of these clients are on wireless?? I would separate the TM of wireless to those that are wired. No more than 4 or 5 wireless clients to a target device. Otherwise you are saturating your network with backup data. And use 5ghz.. so close by.. it is much faster than 2.4ghz and you will get much better transfer rates.

Windows machine bind with mac server without magic triangle using pgina

Any operating system of windows 7 will bind with Mac server.
Here is the tip and configuration.
Download Pgina 3.1.8 version and install it on any windows platform machine.
For installing pgina you required Dot Net framework 4.2 or later version.
After installing configure the pgina service. Under plugin selection select LDAP, Local Machine, Email Authentication.
For LDAP select all the check box. Select configure tab and edit.
Example
Server Name : Mydomain.com. IP Address : 10.0.0.1
LDAP Host - server name or ip address.
LDAP Port - 389 Timeout - 10
Search DN - Admin user name of mac server
Search Password - Admin password of mac server
Group Pattern - Blank (delete default)
Authentication for LDAP.
User DN pattern - Default (No change)
Check search for DN
Search filter - dc=mydomain,dc=com
Search channel - dn=mydomain.com
And then click save.
For Local machine :
Select default and save it.
Email Authentication :
Protocol : pop3
server address : server IP address
Port : 110
Timeout : 10000
Save.
Logout and loginto Opendirectory user's Login.
And Map your network driver. And configure the outlook on your Local machine.
For ichat use pidgin software.
For ical use syncmate software.

Any operating system of windows 7 will bind with Mac server.
Here is the tip and configuration.
Download Pgina 3.1.8 version and install it on any windows platform machine.
For installing pgina you required Dot Net framework 4.2 or later version.
After installing configure the pgina service. Under plugin selection select LDAP, Local Machine, Email Authentication.
For LDAP select all the check box. Select configure tab and edit.
Example
Server Name : Mydomain.com. IP Address : 10.0.0.1
LDAP Host - server name or ip address.
LDAP Port - 389 Timeout - 10
Search DN - Admin user name of mac server
Search Password - Admin password of mac server
Group Pattern - Blank (delete default)
Authentication for LDAP.
User DN pattern - Default (No change)
Check search for DN
Search filter - dc=mydomain,dc=com
Search channel - dn=mydomain.com
And then click save.
For Local machine :
Select default and save it.
Email Authentication :
Protocol : pop3
server address : server IP address
Port : 110
Timeout : 10000
Save.
Logout and loginto Opendirectory user's Login.
And Map your network driver. And configure the outlook on your Local machine.
For ichat use pidgin software.
For ical use syncmate software.

Help with configuration vpn server on mac os

Does anyone know a step by step way to configurtae a vpn server on the normal snowleopard
i tried ivpn but i cannot connect to the L2TP vpn server ( i configurated it as described )
does anyone has a solution to try out ivpn
or is there any alternativ way for ivpn

Does anyone know a step by step way to configurtae a vpn server on the normal snowleopard
i tried ivpn but i cannot connect to the L2TP vpn server ( i configurated it as described )
does anyone has a solution to try out ivpn
or is there any alternativ way for ivpn

Problems w/ VPN Server & Cisco VPN Client on same machine

I really wish that I read about how the developer of the program iVPN no longer supports his work BEFORE I paid for it. It's a great, simple, GUI frontend to the existing Leopard VPN server built in to regular (non-server) OSX...
Anyway, on my Mac that stays @ home:
(1) - I have the iVPN server set up & running to allow me to connect (from my iphone or another computer on the road) to my Mac @ home using L2TP.
(2) - When I'm @ home and need to connect to my company's network, I need to use the Cisco VPN Client (which uses IPSec etc).
So, I found out that when I need to use my Mac to connect to work, I first have to open up the iVPN server to click "Stop Server" (which has me enter my password twice sometimes). Now I close iVPN until I'm done, then open up Activity Monitor for the purpose of finding the still-running process "racoon". I realized this not because it's published info, but because if I don't do this, and try to connect to work using the Cisco VPN Client, it simply will not connect. So, I quit the process "racoon" (which also has me enter my password because it's running as root yada yada). NOW, I can load Cisco VPN Client and successfully connect to my company's network. When I'm finished here, I disconnect the C.V.C., then reopen iVPN Server and restart my server (enter password again).
Is there any way I can make the process "racoon" quit automatically when I turn off the iVPN server? I'd email the developer but I guess that's a lost cause now. It's a shame because he did a fabulous job making iVPN & gave the less computer-networking-literate-user the ability to create their own VPN server without using Terminal.
I thought about the possibility of using iVPN to create a PPTP connection instead of L2TP - thinking that would allow me to keep my iVPN PPTP server running at all times, even when I wanted to use the CVC to connect OUT to work - but:
(1) - I would like the increased security of L2TP.
(2) - When I tried running a PPTP server, and connecting to it from iPhone or other computer, I was NOT able to access the other devices on my network, or the internet. I couldn't even open up a webpage to check whatismyip.com (while sending all traffic over VPN). And yes, the IP Address Range that I have iVPN handing out is within my normal home network's range.
My end goal for all of this when using my Mac is to be able to leave my iVPN server running at all times, while still being able to run the Cisco VPN CLIENT to connect to my company's network.
Or, at least not having to open up Activity Monitor to quit the process racoon... let alone having to enter my password 3 times after opening up iVPN, again to stop the server, again to quit the process racoon. Then a forth when I'm all done and need to start the iVPN server again.
Am I going about this the wrong way? Is there an easier way to accomplish these secure connections? There is a slight possibility of me upgrading and running a dedicated Mac Mini server of some sort perhaps with the real OSX Server. But not right now. I think I'm over complicating this. I mean, my needs are pretty simple:
(1) - Need to connect TO my Mac from IPhone / someone else's Mac or PC for: VNC over SSH, SSH/SFTP file level access, in the future shared network volumes (time capsule). I'd use Back To My Mac for all of this but I don't always connect FROM a Mac.
(2) - Need to connect FROM my Mac to work VPN for: VNC to my work PC to access our company's Windows-only program (dual booting into boot camp or using a virtual machine is out of the question), using Mocha for AS400 access, thinking about using file sharing on work PC but not needed so far.
So it's really just VNC and sometimes SFTP. The "S" being important to me. That's why I don't like the idea of doing away with my iVPN server and just forwarding the outside ports. I use the Vine VNC Server which when checked, only allows access over SSH. The only other remote-logins are used from my iphone using an app called BriefCase (SSH to browse files on remote machine), or using an SFTP client on a computer.
Thank you for reading all of this, and in advance for any insight you can offer.

If the two servers need the same ports, then hosting two different VPN packages on the same box usually won't work.
A firewall-based VPN service can be an option; that external box can deal with NAT and routing and other such and can field incoming or LAN-to-LAN VPNs, and your internal Mac boxes located "behind" that box can be free to initiate outbound VPNs.

Installing a VPN Server in Mac OS X

Has anyone tried to install a VPN server successfully in mac os x?
I was able to get webmin installed successfully, and I know on my linux distros webmin automatically detects if a VPN server is installed (such as poptop) or at least if the option is there, but in mac os x (not the server version) there is nothing listed.
Anyone know of any other VPN servers that could be installed in mac os x, or even anything for BSD that could be compiled from source?

I run the server on PowerPC and use clients on both PowerPC and Intel. Admittedly, my wife has run off the the MBP so my use on the Intel is limited these days.
If you want to route onto the network, you'll have to create routes after the TUN/TAP interface is up. The OS X FAQs on OpenVPN detail various ways to do this.
# Sample OpenVPN 2.0 config file for #
# multi-client server. #
# This file is for the server side #
# of a many-clients <-> one-server #
# OpenVPN configuration. #
# OpenVPN also supports #
# single-machine <-> single-machine #
# configurations (See the Examples page #
# on the web site for more info). #
# This config should work on Windows #
# or Linux/BSD systems. Remember on #
# Windows to quote pathnames and use #
# double backslashes, e.g.: #
# "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\config\\foo.key" #
# Comments are preceded with '#' or ';' #
# Which local IP address should OpenVPN
# listen on? (optional)
;local 192.168.2.253
# Which TCP/UDP port should OpenVPN listen on?
# If you want to run multiple OpenVPN instances
# on the same machine, use a different port
# number for each one. You will need to
# open up this port on your firewall.
port 443
# TCP or UDP server?
;proto tcp
proto tcp
# "dev tun" will create a routed IP tunnel,
# "dev tap" will create an ethernet tunnel.
# Use "dev tap0" if you are ethernet bridging
# and have precreated a tap0 virtual interface
# and bridged it with your ethernet interface.
# If you want to control access policies
# over the VPN, you must create firewall
# rules for the the TUN/TAP interface.
# On non-Windows systems, you can give
# an explicit unit number, such as tun0.
# On Windows, use "dev-node" for this.
# On most systems, the VPN will not function
# unless you partially or fully disable
# the firewall for the TUN/TAP interface.
;dev tap
dev tun
# Windows needs the TAP-Win32 adapter name
# from the Network Connections panel if you
# have more than one. On XP SP2 or higher,
# you may need to selectively disable the
# Windows firewall for the TAP adapter.
# Non-Windows systems usually don't need this.
;dev-node MyTap
# SSL/TLS root certificate (ca), certificate
# (cert), and private key (key). Each client
# and the server must have their own cert and
# key file. The server and all clients will
# use the same ca file.
# See the "easy-rsa" directory for a series
# of scripts for generating RSA certificates
# and private keys. Remember to use
# a unique Common Name for the server
# and each of the client certificates.
# Any X509 key management system can be used.
# OpenVPN can also use a PKCS #12 formatted key file
# (see "pkcs12" directive in man page).
ca /etc/openvpn/key/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/key/server.crt
key /etc/openvpn/key/server.key
# Diffie hellman parameters.
# Generate your own with:
# openssl dhparam -out dh1024.pem 1024
# Substitute 2048 for 1024 if you are using
# 2048 bit keys.
dh /etc/openvpn/key/dh1024.pem
# Configure server mode and supply a VPN subnet
# for OpenVPN to draw client addresses from.
# The server will take 10.8.0.1 for itself,
# the rest will be made available to clients.
# Each client will be able to reach the server
# on 10.8.0.1. Comment this line out if you are
# ethernet bridging. See the man page for more info.
server 169.254.1.0 255.255.255.0
# Maintain a record of client <-> virtual IP address
# associations in this file. If OpenVPN goes down or
# is restarted, reconnecting clients can be assigned
# the same virtual IP address from the pool that was
# previously assigned.
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
# Configure server mode for ethernet bridging.
# You must first use your OS's bridging capability
# to bridge the TAP interface with the ethernet
# NIC interface. Then you must manually set the
# IP/netmask on the bridge interface, here we
# assume 10.8.0.4/255.255.255.0. Finally we
# must set aside an IP range in this subnet
# (start=10.8.0.50 end=10.8.0.100) to allocate
# to connecting clients. Leave this line commented
# out unless you are ethernet bridging.
;server-bridge 10.8.0.4 255.255.255.0 10.8.0.50 10.8.0.100
;server-bridge 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.240 192.168.2.245
# Push routes to the client to allow it
# to reach other private subnets behind
# the server. Remember that these
# private subnets will also need
# to know to route the OpenVPN client
# address pool (10.8.0.0/255.255.255.0)
# back to the OpenVPN server.
push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0"
;push "route 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0"
# To assign specific IP addresses to specific
# clients or if a connecting client has a private
# subnet behind it that should also have VPN access,
# use the subdirectory "ccd" for client-specific
# configuration files (see man page for more info).
# EXAMPLE: Suppose the client
# having the certificate common name "Thelonious"
# also has a small subnet behind his connecting
# machine, such as 192.168.40.128/255.255.255.248.
# First, uncomment out these lines:
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248
# Then create a file ccd/Thelonious with this line:
# iroute 192.168.40.128 255.255.255.248
# This will allow Thelonious' private subnet to
# access the VPN. This example will only work
# if you are routing, not bridging, i.e. you are
# using "dev tun" and "server" directives.
# EXAMPLE: Suppose you want to give
# Thelonious a fixed VPN IP address of 10.9.0.1.
# First uncomment out these lines:
;client-config-dir ccd
;route 10.9.0.0 255.255.255.252
# Then add this line to ccd/Thelonious:
# ifconfig-push 10.9.0.1 10.9.0.2
# Suppose that you want to enable different
# firewall access policies for different groups
# of clients. There are two methods:
# (1) Run multiple OpenVPN daemons, one for each
# group, and firewall the TUN/TAP interface
# for each group/daemon appropriately.
# (2) (Advanced) Create a script to dynamically
# modify the firewall in response to access
# from different clients. See man
# page for more info on learn-address script.
;learn-address ./script
# If enabled, this directive will configure
# all clients to redirect their default
# network gateway through the VPN, causing
# all IP traffic such as web browsing and
# and DNS lookups to go through the VPN
# (The OpenVPN server machine may need to NAT
# the TUN/TAP interface to the internet in
# order for this to work properly).
# CAVEAT: May break client's network config if
# client's local DHCP server packets get routed
# through the tunnel. Solution: make sure
# client's local DHCP server is reachable via
# a more specific route than the default route
# of 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0.
;push "redirect-gateway"
# Certain Windows-specific network settings
# can be pushed to clients, such as DNS
# or WINS server addresses. CAVEAT:
# http://openvpn.net/faq.html#dhcpcaveats
;push "dhcp-option DNS 10.8.0.1"
;push "dhcp-option WINS 10.8.0.1"
# Uncomment this directive to allow different
# clients to be able to "see" each other.
# By default, clients will only see the server.
# To force clients to only see the server, you
# will also need to appropriately firewall the
# server's TUN/TAP interface.
;client-to-client
# Uncomment this directive if multiple clients
# might connect with the same certificate/key
# files or common names. This is recommended
# only for testing purposes. For production use,
# each client should have its own certificate/key
# pair.
# IF YOU HAVE NOT GENERATED INDIVIDUAL
# CERTIFICATE/KEY PAIRS FOR EACH CLIENT,
# EACH HAVING ITS OWN UNIQUE "COMMON NAME",
# UNCOMMENT THIS LINE OUT.
;duplicate-cn
# The keepalive directive causes ping-like
# messages to be sent back and forth over
# the link so that each side knows when
# the other side has gone down.
# Ping every 10 seconds, assume that remote
# peer is down if no ping received during
# a 120 second time period.
keepalive 10 120
# For extra security beyond that provided
# by SSL/TLS, create an "HMAC firewall"
# to help block DoS attacks and UDP port flooding.
# Generate with:
# openvpn --genkey --secret ta.key
# The server and each client must have
# a copy of this key.
# The second parameter should be '0'
# on the server and '1' on the clients.
;tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret
# Select a cryptographic cipher.
# This config item must be copied to
# the client config file as well.
;cipher BF-CBC # Blowfish (default)
;cipher AES-128-CBC # AES
;cipher DES-EDE3-CBC # Triple-DES
# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# If you enable it here, you must also
# enable it in the client config file.
comp-lzo
# The maximum number of concurrently connected
# clients we want to allow.
;max-clients 100
# It's a good idea to reduce the OpenVPN
# daemon's privileges after initialization.
# You can uncomment this out on
# non-Windows systems.
;user nobody
;group nobody
# The persist options will try to avoid
# accessing certain resources on restart
# that may no longer be accessible because
# of the privilege downgrade.
persist-key
persist-tun
# Output a short status file showing
# current connections, truncated
# and rewritten every minute.
status /var/log/openvpn-status.log
# By default, log messages will go to the syslog (or
# on Windows, if running as a service, they will go to
# the "\Program Files\OpenVPN\log" directory).
# Use log or log-append to override this default.
# "log" will truncate the log file on OpenVPN startup,
# while "log-append" will append to it. Use one
# or the other (but not both).
;log openvpn.log
;log-append openvpn.log
# Set the appropriate level of log
# file verbosity.
# 0 is silent, except for fatal errors
# 4 is reasonable for general usage
# 5 and 6 can help to debug connection problems
# 9 is extremely verbose
verb 3
# Silence repeating messages. At most 20
# sequential messages of the same message
# category will be output to the log.
;mute 20

How to start VPN Server with PPTP + How to backup Addressbook Server

Hey people,
I currently have Lion Server running on my mac mini server, it was upgraded to Lion (server) from Snow Leopard server.
Now i have 2 issues i'd like to address and ask your help for.
1. VPN Server on Lion Server.
I have had the VPN server running on Snow Leopard server without a problem, however, since my Lion upgrade it just isn't working with PPTP anymore.
I did read alot of discussions here and also read that you can configure it through the terminal using the serveradmin tool.
I have followed the instructions to get PPTP enabled, but it just isnt listening on the correct port, i don't see anything running nor can i connect from my Lion client to the server (i get server not responding).
Does anyone experiece the same problem? or know how to solve this?
2. Addressbook Server on Lion Server.
I have a few network users on my system, they use the Addressbook server through their iphone/ipad.
I don't know how to backup their contacts they added in the server, is there a way to backup the data?
I have already tried to export the user using the Workgroup Manager, but when i look in the file, i don't see any additional info other then the user settings.
I have been thinking of reinstalling the server to a complete fresh Lion only installation instead of the current upgraded Lion from Snow Leopard, that's why i need to backup the info.
Time Machine backups of an upgraded Snow Leopard Server to Lion Server won't work on a fresh Lion Server installation, i have always had the problem that it can't read the data for some reason.
Anyone know a solution for these 2 issues?

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Sharing Linksys Wireless Print Server with MAC and PC - How to do?

I have lost the capability to share a printer on my network by using the Linksys Wireless Print Server-model number WPS54G -V2. Prior to having to return my previous Print Server on an RMA, I was able to use the MAC and PCs on my network. I have a PowerGook G4 with MacOS X 10.4.10. I also have a Airport Extreme Base Station V5.6. The printer on the network that is being shared is an Epson Stylus Photo 820. Recently, when trying to reconfigure the network, I updated the software on the Airport Extreme...so I think after that, I am no longer able to share this printer using current network configuration. As information, I will share how I got the network to share the printer BEFORE I had to replace the previous Print Server and BEFORE I updated the Airport Extreme. Please see this link:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050406151311940
Even though this was for a different type of Print Server, this worked for me.
When reconfiguring the new Print Server, I contacted Linksys...as had some difficulty until I found out how to assign a static IP to the new Print Server. When trying to talk to them about the Mac issue, and sharing the printer, they shared this link with me...which may be helpful to some, but I found that this does not work for me...
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060404021600193
I have been trying to work through the issue, but feel I may now have some compatibility issues between the Airport Extreme and the Epson printer.
Further details are that I use 10.0.1.78 for the assigned IP address for the Print server. My router (which is the Airport address) is 10.0.1.1. I have tried IPP printing option, LPD printing option...and IPP printing at least returns a status on the Print Server as "printing" as opposed to "idle". I have checked the Print status on the Mac, and I have received two (2) different error messages as to why the print job failed. They are:
"the process "picwpstops" stopped unexpectedly with status 1"
and
"the process "rastertoprinter" stopped unexpectedly with status 1"
The latter happens when I follow the instructions on the second link I attached on this topic...with the only change being that I select IPP printing as opposed to LPD printing.
Anyone that has any insight into HOW to configure the mysterious settings for Mac OS printing so that it can be compatible with a Wireless Print Server, please feel free to comment. In the meantime, I am thinking that the links above could help some people...just not me at this point given my current configuration and versions of software/firmware and perhaps the printer I am using.
Greatly appreciate your consideration, and any suggestions to anyone that might understand what these error messages mean when checking the printer status after sending a file for printing.
Thank you

1. No, you don't have to make a bootable clone.
2. If you use the drive for a bootable backup, then you cannot use the drive for other types of storage unless you partition the drive and make more than one volume.
3. No, it will not try to boot the computer. You must designate the startup volume using Startup Disk preferences.
If you wish to use the drive on both a Mac and a PC, then either you make two partitions - one for Mac and the other for the PC or you must format the entire drive using FAT32 so the drive can be used for read//write by both operating systems. If you do this then you cannot use the drive for a bootable backup nor can you use it with Time Machine.
FAT32 is slower for read/write on the Mac than using Mac formatting.
Optimally, I would suggest you partition the drive into two volumes. One volume formatted for the Mac and the other formatted FAT32.
You can send files from a PC to a Mac and vice-versa using File Sharing. Select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "file sharing" or "sharing" to find help articles. Also see,
Mac OS X 10.5 Help- Setting up a Mac computer to share files with Windows users
Mac OS X 10.5 Help- Setting up a Windows computer to share files with Mac users
Mac OS X 10.5 Help- Sharing with Windows computers

How to configure a Windows machine with any vnc server software for ARD

I need someone to direct me in the right direction to configure and install any vnc server software so that I can control a windows machine with ARD like I control the rest of my macs in the lab. I need some suggestions as to the best and easiest software to configure and the correct settings to get the machine to be able to show in ARD. Thanks

Sort of. I found this article below that helped me to connect to the remote CF server using MXML. It seems that you have to create a regular project in Flex with Aplication Server Type set to None and connect to CF using the endpoint attribute of the RemoteObject MXML tag or via AS.
http://www.aliaspooryorik.com/blog/index.cfm/e/posts.details/post/200
However I found out after getting error using the AS3 code to use the endpoint property that
mx.rpc.remoting.RemoteObject does not support the "endpoint" property
whereas mx.rpc.remoting.mxml.RemoteObject does. See link below
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg101439.html//www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg101439.html
So I had to change my AS3 code by adding a new channel to my RemoteObject using a code similar to the one on the link below (Note that this code uses PHP, when I instantiate myRemoteObject, I do so informing that the destination is "ColdFusion" [new RemoteObject("ColdFusion")], so no need to set destination as in the code on the link below
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/120115
I hope that helps you.

Issue with Mac OS 10.8.3 and Anyconnect VPN Client 3.1.02026

Hi all,
I am running Anyconnect VPN Client 3.1.02026 on Mac OS X 10.8.3. I am unable to connect to my corporate network as the connection fails with following error :
The VPN client was unable to successfully verify the IP forwarding table modifications. A VPN connection will not be established.
Can anyone suggest remedies. I am completely stuck. I had an older AnyConnect client and it was working until a few days back when it stopped working. I then upgraded to 3.1.02026.
As suggested in some of the pots on the web, i have disabled the following AirPort, Bonjour, Bluetooth, Adium, restarted after these changes and yet i am seeing this.
My company has corporate license for Cisco AnyConnect VPN.
TIA
kumar

MartyP wrote:
Or is there a problem with both OS's writing stuff to the
~/Home/Library folder that may be incompatible?
Yes, big time. Mail, for sure, has a different file/folder structure, and would not be happy.
Plus, a number of apps (Apple and 3rd-party) are "Sandboxed." That's a security feature, to prevent malware or bad coding from affecting things it shouldn't. Some of their files, including the preferences files, aren't even stored in the same places!
Or to other places I'm not aware of?
Probably. If you have two versions of the same app, they may or may not expect the same data setup.
To have one User folder for both OS's would save a lot of drive space
Not if you use some or all of woodmeister50's suggestions.
But I'm also not sure how I'd use Time machine with such a set up.
Just as you do now. By default, Time Machine backs-up everything (except things like system work files, most caches and logs, trash) for all users and all internal drives & partitions. By default, it excludes external drives.
You can change those defaults, of course, via TM Preferences > Options.
See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #32 for details and considerations of multiple drives.
Presently I backup with . . . clones to other HD's
Good. Yes, clones are different. You need multiple "tasks" to back up multiple drives/partitions. But once set up, that shouldn't be a big deal.

Issue with WAN Miniport when setting up VPN server in Windows 7

I tried making my computer a VPN server by setting up a "New incoming connection" under network connections within Network and sharing center. Originally, it did complete but did not show any WAN Miniport connections. I could not connect to this VPN
with my other computer.
What I've done so far:
I "updated" all the WAN Miniports in Device Manager to "MAC Bridge Miniport" driver (since I could not uninstall them as they were) and then proceeded to uninstall all the WAN miniports. I rebooted my computer and then the device
drivers tried to install automatically but only a few installed successfully.
I then downloaded the latest WDK (8.1) and tried re-installing all the WAN Miniports via devcon.exe with the command "devcon.exe install c:\windows\inf\netrasa.inf MS_PptpMiniport". It said that the node was created but it failed to install the
drivers. I rebooted my computer but some of these mini ports appeared as "Unknown" in Device Manager while others appeared with their names but with numbers attached since I've attempted this a few times, Ex: "WAN Miniport (IP) #3".
from my understanding, I need at least WAN Miniport pptp to be working for VPN to work. I don't know what to do at this point. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Gateway DX4822-01 Desktop PC
Windows 7 64-bit, SP1

Hi,
Please try to use Incoming connection troubleshooter to fix this problem for test. If it identify any problem that couldn't fix this problem, please provide the error message here.
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Troubleshooting\All Categories
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

Unable to use proxy server with MAC OS X Anyconnect client

Hi All,
I have a VPN setup thru a Cisco 5520, Windows clients connect just find and the end users configure there browser to use our internal proxy servers. Users with the MAC OS X Anyconnect client can connect, they configure their Mac to use our proxy server, but the broswers will not work, clients can reach networks and resources behind the VPN gateway and have access to the Proxy(Tried a telnet to that hostname/port). Anyone run into this issue before? I am running ASA 8.3(2), Anyconnect(OS X) 3.1.01065.
Thank You

We had the same problem.
We are behind government firewall so I don't know which Cisco firewall is used but we are using AnyConnect to establish VPN from internet to LAN behind firewall. We have no problems with Windows. With Mac OS X connection through proxy didn't work with Safari and Chrome (both are using system Proxy setting), but it did work with Firefox (which has it's own Proxy).
Finally we found out that ethernet MTU size was the culprit. When we set it to manual, with size being 1347 (or less), proxy started to work.

Hosting VPN Server on machine with Mac OS X Server.

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